An Easy-to-Make, Low-Cost Ultrasound Phantom for Simulation Training in Abscess Identification and Aspiration

Juliana Wilson; Lorraine Ng; Vaughn Browne; Resa E Lewiss

doi:10.7863/ultra.16.04077

An Easy-to-Make, Low-Cost Ultrasound Phantom for Simulation Training in Abscess Identification and Aspiration

J Ultrasound Med. 2017 Jun;36(6):1241-1244. doi: 10.7863/ultra.16.04077. Epub 2017 Mar 4.

Authors

Juliana Wilson¹, Lorraine Ng², Vaughn Browne¹, Resa E Lewiss¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Associated Faculty Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
² Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC), New York-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York, New York, USA.

PMID: 28258634
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.16.04077

Abstract

We have created a low-cost and easy to make phantom for abscess identification using point-of-care ultrasound. The phantom also allows needle tracking and abscess aspiration using ultrasound guidance.

Keywords: abscess phantom; point-of-care ultrasound; simulation.

MeSH terms

Abscess / diagnostic imaging*
Abscess / therapy*
Computer-Assisted Instruction / instrumentation*
Computer-Assisted Instruction / methods
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Humans
Paracentesis / methods*
Phantoms, Imaging*
Radiology / education
Radiology / instrumentation
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Simulation Training / methods*
Ultrasonography / instrumentation*
Ultrasonography / methods